Faculty

Prof. Menachem Kellner

Ph.D., Washington University
M.A., Washington University

Menachem Kellner is the chair of the Philosophy and Jewish Thought Department. An expert in medieval Jewish philosophy and modern Jewish thought, Prof. Kellner taught at the University of Haifa for 33 years. Among other positions at the university, he acted as chair of the Department of Maritime Civilizations and dean of students, and held the Sir Isaac and Lady Edith Wolfson Chair of Religious Thought. He has been a visiting professor at the Sorbonne and at Northwestern University.

Author of nineteen books and close to one hundred articles, Prof. Kellner has twice been short-listed for the National Jewish Book Award. Two of his translations of classic texts have appeared in the Yale Judaica Series.